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commentr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
1 points

Also I've heard the advice talk slowly all the time but I always seem to forget to when the time is to talk. Or I just feel silly talking too slow it doesn't seem normal to me but it does help lol....

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterFeb 5, 2021
17 points

A little something that helps me personally on the bad days

A little something that helps me personally on the bad days I've been into playing music the last few years and recently I've been getting more serious about trying to be a better singer. On days that...

Causes & VariabilityCoping & Advocacy
Situational VariabilityFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 4, 2021
5 points

Disclosure, I’m a speech therapist. I don’t work for expresable. I work for a public school. I also live in the US so that’s my perspective. I just did a quick Google search and it looks legit. You ca...

Community & SupportCoping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Advice OfferedFluency TechniquesSeeking Therapy+1 more
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2021
13 points

The best thing you can do is to treat this as a learning experience, sort of like a stepping stone where you're building and improving your speech based on good and bad experiences. Here are the thin...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Avoidance & SubstitutionOverthinking & MonitoringPreparation & Rehearsal+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 3, 2021
2 points

I'd avoid the phone until I have some successes in easier speaking situations, like talking to a friend. *(I've just noticed now, that you have to speak on the phone because of your job, so it's not...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & AdvocacySocial & Relationships
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesQuality of Life
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2021
3 points

This may be strange advice but I’ve found that if I can get my name and the reason I’m calling out of the way, then the rest is easy. Something I’ve tried is recording on an iPad (voice memo) and then...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionPreparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 2, 2021
2 points

Practice is the best bet here. Record yourself reading a passage and then play it back. Keep recording over and over again until the stutter goes away on that passage or very minimal where it is not n...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2021
23 points

This is a tough one, I will say. I think that my best advice is to give her the tools to be open about her stutter, and teach her to tell others about it so they can hope to be patient with her. At t...

Parent & CaregiverCoping & AdvocacyIdentity & Disability
Home SupportFluency TechniquesVoluntary Stuttering & Exposure+3 more
commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2021
1 points

Thanks for the post, u/Muttly2001... Modifying Phonation Intervals is an approach to speech therapy for those who stutter that is focused on changing speech in order to enhance fluency. Certainly, so...

Coping & AdvocacyTherapy & Professional
Fluency TechniquesTherapy Experiences
commentr/StutterJan 31, 2021
3 points

They never helped me 100%. The only one that mostly helped was light steady breathing into the sounds that give you the most trouble. Like, breathe into the sound and give the sound air/breath like yo...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency TechniquesMindfulness & Breathing
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2021
2 points

I’m so sorry to hear about your bad experiences. Search “fluency shaping techniques” on YouTube and a bunch of videos exist to help teach strategies to reduce stuttering....

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Advice OfferedFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2021
4 points

One trick that I do I can quickly restart a sentence and when I get the flow going it makes it easier to say words I struggle with. I'll say "my name is.....(utterly failing to say my name).. my name ...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 28, 2021
3 points

I reach frustration because it takes me longer to say things that fluent people do. Also, the fact that people are impatient. Can't blame them for not knowing what's going on. Strategies like: easy on...

Emotional ExperienceCoping & Advocacy
Frustration & AngerFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2021
1 points

Thank you. I didn’t think of using the pause. Also music does help me reduce stuttering and I’ll try that!...

Coping & Advocacy
Fluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 27, 2021
3 points

If you’re recording it by yourself, you can do anything. The voice recorder app on Microsoft allows to pause and the clip will pause too, so if you feel that you’re about stutter, just take that pause...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Preparation & RehearsalFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 26, 2021
7 points

Same here. This new normal of virtual zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams meetings has pushed us completely out of our comfort zone. I called my buddies and just practiced, and practiced, and practic...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency Techniques
postr/StutterJan 26, 2021
27 points

Starting a WhatsApp group where we will conduct zoom call every alternate days except Sunday and every member in the what'sapp group are required to speak about a topic and so on about other things which may improve our fluency.btw i am from india and group will be using English language.

Starting a WhatsApp group where we will conduct zoom call every alternate days except Sunday and every member in the what'sapp group are required to speak about a topic and so on about other things wh...

Community & SupportCoping & Advocacy
Advice OfferedFluency Techniques
commentr/StutterJan 24, 2021
3 points

I listen to lots of audiobooks and podcasts and can't say I notice a difference between the severity of my stutter on day when I do or don't listen to books. I will say that what does help me in regar...

Coping & AdvocacyCauses & Variability
Fluency TechniquesPropositionality & Weight
commentr/StutterJan 23, 2021
3 points

The messed up thing is that we stammer because we are trying not to stammer. I'm an aspiring SLP, currently a SLPA, who stutters and I would recommend keeping your muscles as relaxed as possible, beca...

Anticipation & AvoidanceCoping & Advocacy
Avoidance & SubstitutionFluency TechniquesOverthinking & Monitoring
postr/StutterJan 22, 2021
50 points

Speaking is tiring.

Speaking is tiring. I am 19M and a stammerer (not by birth; words get blocked). The stammer is not extreme as I can talk to friends in person and on call without stammering most of the times. From a...

Coping & AdvocacySpeech & Stuttering
Fluency TechniquesPhysical Tension